Everyone's Talkin' About X3

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Ratner, Marsden and Kinberg speak out.

By Stax

MTV caught up with X-Men 3 director Brett Ratner who chatted about his new gig. "Bryan Singer left [X-Men 3] because he didn't like the material," Ratner informed MTV. "But I don't think this movie is tainted; I think it is fantastic and the script is amazing."

"I want to stay true to the franchise and true to the characters, but I think it's elevated," Ratner said, adding, "I don't want to be pompous and say I'm going to take it to the next level. I think the script that Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn wrote gives me a tremendous amount of confidence." For more of what Ratner had to say about X3 (as well as fanboys' X-pectations), click here.

Speaking of Simon Kinberg, The IESB caught up with the screenwriter at the premiere of his new release, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, where they pried a few details out of him. Click the link above for the full and exclusive video interview. The IESB also spoke with 20th Century Fox bigwig Tom Rothman about X3 and other Fox-Marvel projects.

Finally, James "Cyclops" Marsden chatted with About.com regarding his roles in both X3 and its summer '06 rival, Superman Returns:

"I have all the confidence in the world in Fox and the director that they deemed worthy of directing X-Men 3. Sure, it's getting down to the wire. It's getting close. We've got to make this movie. But we've done two before and there's a comfort zone in there that we all feel like we've done it and we can do it again. Matthew Vaughn fell out for personal reasons or family reasons. Brett Ratner is directing and he's a very competent director and I think we'll be fine."